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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
Map
An interactive didactical map interactive didactical map giving access to sites with a religious relevance.-
Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
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Dietary Rules
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Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Dietary Rules
7.2.2. Hindus and vegetarianism
Devout followers of the Hindu religion eat a vegetarian diet that is based around the principle of "sattvic," meaning "pure" or "good." They believe that eating this type of balanced vegetarian diet prolongs life and keeps the mind clear, whereas they believe meat promotes the principle of ignorance.
The Hindu religion forbids eating any type of meat, eggs and fish. The religion teaches that these products are not only linked to ignorance, but also to poor health and disease. Although not all Hindus are strict vegetarians, almost all of them avoid eating beef due to a belief that cows are sacred animals and not to be killed.
Some Hindus follow a purely sattvic diet that also prohibits eating onions, garlic, leeks and mushrooms, as well as drinks containing alcohol or caffeine. Mushrooms are forbidden because it is believed that they promote ignorance in the same way as meat, while the onion and garlic family are thought to encourage passion. Finally, Hindus believe that both alcohol and caffeine will pollute the consciousness and keep individuals from having a clear head and clear thoughts.
Although many people tend to associate India with spicy foods, the sattvic principles that govern the Hindu diet also suggest not eating anything too spicy or too sour.
The Hindu religion forbids eating any type of meat, eggs and fish. The religion teaches that these products are not only linked to ignorance, but also to poor health and disease. Although not all Hindus are strict vegetarians, almost all of them avoid eating beef due to a belief that cows are sacred animals and not to be killed.
Some Hindus follow a purely sattvic diet that also prohibits eating onions, garlic, leeks and mushrooms, as well as drinks containing alcohol or caffeine. Mushrooms are forbidden because it is believed that they promote ignorance in the same way as meat, while the onion and garlic family are thought to encourage passion. Finally, Hindus believe that both alcohol and caffeine will pollute the consciousness and keep individuals from having a clear head and clear thoughts.
Although many people tend to associate India with spicy foods, the sattvic principles that govern the Hindu diet also suggest not eating anything too spicy or too sour.
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Some Hindu foods such as onions, garlic and ginger are forbidden and this reflects on the food they prepare.
